Kuroshitsuji, Adekan Recommendations
In summation:
BOTH AWESOME MANGAS WITH EYE-CANDY AND A GOOD PLOT
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[TLDR version] Points of similarity:
beautiful and detailed art style, dark twisted mysteries, attractive character design, characters with secret identities, action, BAMF characters, shounen-ai but not really, adorable shota, some form of espionage, pseudo-military, police force, historical setting, underlying master plot that runs in the background
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Really surprised Adekan wasn't in the recommendations before.
Mind you that this manga handles more mature themes than Kuroshitsuji...
which is what I actually love about it.
1. Adekan's art style is very ornate, fluid, and detailed. Unlike Kuroshitsuji, it's set in a sort of fantasy Meiji era so it features a lot of traditional
Japanese aesthetics mixed with a Western flair.
2. If you appreciated Kuroshitsuji for the dark mysteries and a twisted take on human society, you'd like Adekan even more on that aspect because it doesn't hold bars on that point. I'd say more but that spoils the fun.
3. The characters are damn attractive. Bishounen and bishoujo everywhere. As I've said, it's more mature, so there's a lot of more skin showing and rubbing happening here. Nothing explicit! Just a lot of fanservice-y eye candy. And when I mentioned how fluid the art style is... You'll see how bendy the characters are.
4. They're also damn powerful while being so pretty. If you love the whole "Damn he doesn't look like it but he's actually pretty strong", you'll love Adekan. There's a lot of martial arts and action in this, which is really awesome, but wherein a brawl becomes more like a beautiful deadly dance. And when I say fluid art style... I meant it.
5. It's also damn funny and fluffy. Despite the whole darkness and twistedness of it all, it's all pretty easy to take in. It's paced nicely and the bits of filler chapters are just adorable.
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